Biography

Ferland comes to Belfast from the Vienna Capitals where he captained the Austrian Hockey League side to the national championship in 2016/17.

Ferland, a 34 year old from Quebec, Canada was drafted by the Montréal Canadiens in 2002 during the seventh round, 212th overall.

An offensively gifted forward, Ferland is a graduate of the QMJHL having played four seasons in the ‘Q’ with Moncton and Acadie-Bathurst before making his professional debut with the AHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs in 2003/04. Over the course of the next three seasons Ferland continued to hone his skills in the AHL before making his NHL debut with Montreal during the 2005/06 season.

He was an Assistant Captain with Hamilton for three years and helped the Bulldogs clinch the Calder Cup in 2006/07. The Canadian then transferred to the Austrian Hockey League for the first of his nine straight seasons there. Ferland’s Austrian Hockey League totals are 147 goals and 188 assists, good for 335 points in 401 games.

For those opening three years, Villacher was home for Ferland and he Captained the side in 2010/11. He then joined the Vienna Capitals ahead of the 2011/12 season and again wore a ‘C’, this time for three seasons in-a-row until his departure for Belfast.

Playing History

Season

Team

Competition

Games

PIMS

Goals

Assists

Points

2017-2018

Belfast Giants

EIHL Cup CUP

3

2

1

2

3

2017-2018

Belfast Giants

EIHL

4

2

1

3

4

2016-2017

Vienna Capitals

EBEL

53

43

17

23

40

2016-2017

Vienna Capitals

EBEL PLAYOFFS

12

13

3

1

4

2016-2017

Vienna Capitals

Champions HL CUP

4

8

0

1

1

2015-2016

Vienna Capitals

EBEL

38

64

8

15

23

2015-2016

Vienna Capitals

Champions HL CUP

4

2

1

0

1

2015-2016

Vienna Capitals

EBEL PLAYOFFS

3

0

0

1

1

2014-2015

Vienna Capitals

EBEL

52

53

15

21

36

2014-2015

Vienna Capitals

Champions HL CUP

8

4

3

1

4

2014-2015

Vienna Capitals

Champions HL PLAYOFFS

2

2

1

0

1

2014-2015

Vienna Capitals

EBEL PLAYOFFS

15

10

4

8

12

2013-2014

Vienna Capitals

ET CUP

6

8

1

3

4

2013-2014

Vienna Capitals

EBEL PLAYOFFS

5

8

1

2

3

2013-2014

Vienna Capitals

EBEL

53

44

23

22

45

2012-2013

Vienna Capitals

EBEL PLAYOFFS

15

26

6

5

11

2012-2013

Vienna Capitals

EBEL

21

26

7

7

14

2012-2013

Vienna Capitals

ET CUP

6

16

2

4

6

2011-2012

Vienna Capitals

EBEL

40

99

24

24

48

2011-2012

Vienna Capitals

EBEL PLAYOFFS

7

12

6

3

9

2011-2012

Vienna Capitals

ET CUP

8

24

5

4

9

2010-2011

Villacher SV

EBEL PLAYOFFS

10

24

3

4

7

2010-2011

Villacher SV

EBEL

51

113

18

22

40

2009-2010

Villacher SV

EBEL

40

172

15

26

41

2009-2010

Villacher SV

EBEL PLAYOFFS

5

8

3

3

6

2008-2009

Villacher SV

EBEL PLAYOFFS

6

18

2

2

4

2008-2009

Villacher SV

EBEL

53

110

20

28

48

2007-2008

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL

80

97

16

24

40

2006-2007

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL PLAYOFFS

22

19

3

6

9

2006-2007

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL

78

87

23

14

37

2005-2006

Montréal Canadiens

NHL

7

2

1

0

1

2005-2006

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL

39

65

7

8

15

2004-2005

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL

62

24

6

8

14

2004-2005

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL PLAYOFFS

4

4

0

0

0

2003-2004

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL

70

43

5

10

15

2003-2004

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL PLAYOFFS

10

6

0

0

0

2002-2003

Acadie-Bathurst Titan

QMJHL PLAYOFFS

11

16

4

5

9

2002-2003

Acadie-Bathurst Titan

QMJHL

68

94

45

44

89

2001-2002

Acadie-Bathurst Titan

QMJHL

55

104

28

46

74

2001-2002

Acadie-Bathurst Titan

QMJHL PLAYOFFS

16

16

5

12

17

2000-2001

Acadie-Bathurst Titan

QMJHL PLAYOFFS

13

47

0

4

4

2000-2001

Acadie-Bathurst Titan

QMJHL

70

135

17

11

28

1999-2000

Moncton Wildcats

QMJHL

52

21

3

6

9

1999-2000

Moncton Wildcats

QMJHL PLAYOFFS

11

0

0

1

1

1998-1999

Lévis Chevaliers

QMAAA

42

50

18

17

35

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